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Day: May 9, 2020

ABUSE AND ASSAULT WILL NOT BE TOLERATED

May 9, 2020 heaneymedia

However, there have been occasions where frontline policing teams and personnel from the custody suites have been subjected to abusive behaviour including threats of deliberate transmission.

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36 NEW DEATHS FROM CORONAVIRUS IN SCOTLAND

May 9, 2020 heaneymedia

And, while about a third (34%) agreed they would still delay attending their GP or hospital, the figure was 45% before the NHS Is Open campaign.

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SALES SLUMP … SHOPS SHUT … OFFICES CLOSED

May 9, 2020 heaneymedia

“We are selling fewer newspapers so those figures are down and of course advertising is adversely affected, so economically it’s not great for newspapers,” he says. “But the plus side is there’s a huge demand for news and especially for papers like The Times.

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VIRUS:FOLLOW THE LEADER, BUT WHICH ONE?

May 9, 2020 heaneymedia

The Covid-19 crisis has brought Sturgeon hugely favourable personal ratings, whereas in Scotland Johnson has never been flavour of the month. (His Scottish party is now led by Jackson Carlaw, a pale imitation of the robust Ruth Davidson.)

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BONO’S BIRTHDAY. DOES THIS GUY THINK HE IS JESUS?

May 9, 2020 heaneymedia

Bono is the child of a “mixed marriage”, his mother Protestant, his father Catholic, but his faith is essentially Bible-based evangelical Protestantism. This is part of what has made him both astonishingly effective as a political operator in the US on the one hand and such an ambivalent figure in Irish Catholic culture on the other.

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BRIAN WILSON WRITES FOR THE DEMOCRAT

May 9, 2020 heaneymedia

It would be a major achievement in incompetence for the so-called “best” schools not to turn out far higher proportions of pupils with five Highers – the chosen measure – than schools which teach the children of the poor. So what exactly is being celebrated?

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FASCISM CLAIMS: Nicola Sturgeon condemns ‘disgraceful’ abuse hurled at journalist 

FASCISM CLAIMS: Nicola Sturgeon condemns ‘disgraceful’ abuse hurled at journalist 

BBC Scotland’s James Cook was targeted with a barrage of abuse by pro-independence protesters outside the Conservative leadership hustings. STV News is reporting that protesters

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ORAL HEALTH MATTERS: Dental procedures crater as SNP abandon NHS dentistry 

ORAL HEALTH MATTERS: Dental procedures crater as SNP abandon NHS dentistry 

By Bill Heaney Scottish Liberal Democrat leader Alex Cole-Hamilton, RIGHT, has today accused the SNP of abandoning NHS dentistry as new figures showed that the

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JUSTICE: Crumbling court buildings need £7 million worth of repairs

JUSTICE: Crumbling court buildings need £7 million worth of repairs

Courts which cater for Dunbartonshire in Edinburgh, Glasgow and Dumbarton. By Bill Heaney Crumbing court buildings across Scotland require more than £7.3 million worth of

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THE DEMOCRAT: WE’LL BE BACK IN THE AUTUMN

THE DEMOCRAT: WE’LL BE BACK IN THE AUTUMN

Refreshed, revitalised and refinanced after the summer break, The Democrat will be back in the Autumn. By popular demand. The hundreds of readers who said

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THE DUMBARTON DEMOCRAT

THE DUMBARTON DEMOCRAT

The Dumbarton Democrat is closing. Although successful in attracting many thousands of readers each week, this digital news platform can no longer sustain the level

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FLAMINGOLAND: Save Loch Lomond campaign rebooted as new application lodged

FLAMINGOLAND:  Save Loch Lomond campaign rebooted as new application lodged

By Lucy Ashton A Green campaign which saw a record 60,000 objections lodged against a Flamingoland development at Loch Lomond has been rebooted after the

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POLICE MESSAGE: Suspicious fire in Dumbarton

POLICE MESSAGE: Suspicious fire in Dumbarton

Police Scotland is appealing for information following a suspicious fire in Dumbarton. Around 11.25pm on Tuesday, 31 May, 2022, police received a report of a

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CRIME: MURDER HUNT MAY BE CALLED OFF AFTER PRIME SUSPECT FOUND DEAD

CRIME: MURDER HUNT MAY BE CALLED OFF AFTER PRIME SUSPECT FOUND DEAD

By Bill Heaney Pedophile Norman Duncan died suddenly at his home in Vale of Leven last week leading to unconfirmed speculation that he murdered and

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